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Sneak Preview: Indoor Trials Riding at the Peace Dale Ramp Room
The Peace Dale Ramp Room will include bike trials obstacles. Our crew got a behind the scenes sneak preview. Look for more trials features and events here soon!
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Indoor Bike Park To Include Trials
The Peace Dale Ramp Room indoor bike park in Wakefield, RI is looking to include trials riding and collaboration with the trials community.
Perspectives
If Not Now, When?
Traction Coffee Roasters hosts a podcast called Scared of Normal. Their August 5, 2022 episode, “If Not Now, When?” is definitely worth a listen. It applies to trials for sure (I started riding at 47), as well as anything else in life. In addition to the fact that the podcast Read more…
Perspectives
Trials Is Hard!
One of the this that has always drawn me to trials biking is that it’s hard. If it was easy, (a) ‘everyone’ would be doing it, and (b) there would be no sense of accomplishment. Part of what makes trials biking so enjoyable, is exactly because it’s hard. Honestly, that Read more…
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Welcome!
My goal is to introduce trials biking to people who’ve never heard of it, to help new trials riders get started, and to help build and sustain the trials community overall. Check out my YouTube channel to find out more. I’m in the process of getting this website setup and Read more…
Perspectives
Inspired Hope
My Inspired Arcade street trials bike has the Arcade Riser handlebars and uses brakes from Hope Technology. The silky black bars carry the Inspired logo, while the brake assembly mounted to the bars sports the Hope logo. While I had not really paid much attention to this previously, it caught Read more…
Perspectives
Learning a New Skill: Bicycle Wheel Building
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tim Chemacki (@timchem) As I have probably mentioned previously on this site, I am not really the most mechanically inclined individual. I’m certainly no handyman, though I continue to do my best when necessary. One positive aspect of delving into trials Read more…
Perspectives
Life Lessons From A Trials Biking Session
Have you ever had one of those days? You know the kind I’m talking about. The ones where you really start off on the wrong foot? Where you just can’t seem to accomplish what you set out to do, no matter how hard you try? That describes my Saturday last Read more…
Perspectives
Do Something Every Day That Scares You A Little Bit
I’ve heard it said that you should do something every day that scares you a little bit. Not stupid, dangerous stuff, mind you, but activities that push you outside your comfort zone. While I certainly don’t accomplish this on a daily basis, I do try to make it a habit. Read more…
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How to Overcome Fear and Progress Your (Mountain Biking or Any Other) Skills
Whether in trials biking, mountain biking, or numerous other things in life, improving your skills requires overcoming fear. Or more accurately, pushing through the fear. In general, a good practice is to take incremental steps that might be scary and push you a bit, but that are not so far Read more…
